Author Question: A nurse is teaching a class on X-linked recessive disorders. Which of the following statements would ... (Read 143 times)

charchew · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A nurse is teaching a class on X-linked recessive disorders. Which of the following statements would the nurse most likely include?

A) Males are typically carriers of the disorders.
B) No male-to-male transmission occurs.
C) Daughters are more commonly affected with the disorder.
D) Both sons and daughters have a 50 risk of the disorder.

Question 2

Munchausen syndrome by proxy occurs when a person falsifies illness in their child. The pediatric nurse who is admitting a preschooler with this potential diagnosis understands that this is the most difficult form of child abuse to diagnose.

Is this statement true or false? Indicate whether the statement is true or false

johnharpe · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
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Most X-linked disorders demonstrate a recessive pattern of inheritance. Males are more affected than females. A male has only one X chromosome and all the genes on his X chromosome will be expressed, whereas a female will usually need both X chromosomes to carry the disease. There is no male-to-male transmission (since no X chromosome from the male is transmitted to male offspring), but any man who is affected will have carrier daughters. If a woman is a carrier, there is a 50 chance that her sons will be affected and a 50 chance that her daughters will be carriers.

Answer to Question 2

T
This is correct. The most common reasons these caretakers give for seeking treatment for
the child include: bleeding, seizures, central nervous system depression, apnea, vomiting,
diarrhea, fever, and rash. The parent's behavior reflects a serious psychiatric disturbance
that requires both psychiatric treatment and removal of the child from their care.